Indian Institute of Project Management (IIPM) is an educational institute that was set up after in 1989 by the government of India on the recommendations noted by the Ministry of Programme Implementation within the Manual on Project Implementation.[1] IIPM was set up by the government of India after the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, had made clear his negative observations with respect to the cost and time overruns in various government projects. As of currently, IIPM, along with the National Informatics Centre and the Ministry of Programme Implementation, runs various training courses for government civil servants.[2]